There are many Non-secretors who have been seen their understanding of their health issues change and deepen, when Swami calculates a different Genotype. Did Swami (either Xpress or a practitioner running Pro) surprise you?

My weight loss goal: 220 lbs. A 6'4" dyslexic oddball: the size of a line-backer, the silhouette of Winnie-the-Pooh.

Yes, swami changed my GT to Explorer. From the book I would have been Nomad. Plus the book gave me the impression that you are definitly the GT the charts show you to be, regardless of whether the strength testing agreed with it or not.

Reading the descriptions in the book, I identified much more with the Nomad GT than with any other. However, with the measurements and the advanced calculator I was a Gatherer. The Gatherer diet certainly didn't fit my needs. The vanilla Nomad diet wasn't right for me either. Anyway, SWAMI identified me as a Nomad, and my diet is a combination of the Nomad and B-nonnie BTD. I am satisfied thus far that the SWAMI version is an improvement over either the vanilla Nomad diet and the BTD.

It kept me as an Explorer but my food list changed quite a bit. The majority of items shifted one way left or right some changed 2 ways over. I am closer now to my former B nonnie diet than to the generic Explorer diet.

I am B- NON-Sec Explorer; my son is B+ SEC Nomad; my Mother was O+; and my Father was AB-SWAMI Thanksgiving present 2008Revised from Arlene B- NonSec to RedLilac on 3/31/06

Yes, swami changed my GT to Explorer. From the book I would have been Nomad. Plus the book gave me the impression that you are definitly the GT the charts show you to be, regardless of whether the strength testing agreed with it or not.

Well the strength testing should have been the final arbiter, if you were not narrowed to just one in the basic or intermediate calculators.

was typed first as a warrior...then mutated to explorer.....my foodlists were constantly adapted... but didn't fit....anyway; so far I am on the recommendations of doing a mix between both BTD and GTD....but on the nonniefoodlists ....but then I think the latest given list might be the most accurat-one... so far... I'm pleased to give a try here, even with venison and some polenta ....but I assure you I won't touch any wheat,macadamian nuts ,nor pumkinseeds,sunflowerseeds nor soy products... nor blackstrap molasse....and then the super joky is,,, I can have wheatfree senape...but then other wheatproducts are allowed.... I know and remembered all kinds of wheat gave me inflammations, so far... bye..........

I answered yes because the GTD book confirmed Teacher and I think Explorer or Nomad of which I paid little attention because Swami was enroute. But Swami said 56% Hunter which is what I really suspected.

It's interesting, we like titles don't we It's like at banks, everyone is a VP!

But the reality is, "it is what it is" regardless of a title. The diet, supplements, exercise, and lifestyle are what we really need to focus on.

If you keep doing what you've always done, and you keep getting what you've aways got, perhaps it's time for a change...

Ahh, I see. Going by strenght testing alone could get people in all kinds of trouble

I kind of skipped right over that part of the book when I was determining GT and went right to the measuring and tables in the back. Going back, just for fun, I test strongest for Explorer and Hunter comes in second.

I didn't know my secretor status when I first read the book so for a brief (10 minutes or less) time I though there was a chance I could be a Teacher. We had done my fingers incorrectly. Had I know my secretor status there would have been no doubt even with the incorrect measurment. (Secretor = Teacher, Non-secretor = Explorer with that set of measurments)

Ahh, I see. Going by strenght testing alone could get people in all kinds of trouble

I kind of skipped right over that part of the book when I was determining GT and went right to the measuring and tables in the back. Going back, just for fun, I test strongest for Explorer and Hunter comes in second.

I didn't know my secretor status when I first read the book so for a brief (10 minutes or less) time I though there was a chance I could be a Teacher. We had done my fingers incorrectly. Had I know my secretor status there would have been no doubt even with the incorrect measurment. (Secretor = Teacher, Non-secretor = Explorer with that set of measurments)

I went completely through the GTD book step by step and had an ND measure me. I recorded everything in the book, answered all the questions, etc. And still Hunter was second to lowest score...

If you keep doing what you've always done, and you keep getting what you've aways got, perhaps it's time for a change...

At first I thought I was a hunter, then the measurements had me gatherer by a hair. The SWAMI has me as explorer, altho the diet seems more a blend of hunter & gatherer. I read the 'tips of the day' & the descriptions have me a mix of hunter & gatherer more than explorer. Yeah, I am left-handed & can't tolerate caffeine, but I am amazingly hunter-gatherer in my needs & behavior.The test you take to see if you should do BTD or GTD had me as GTD, but SWAMI has me as a blend, which is easier to eat. The few things I had to give up(or relegate to dot status)when doing the gatherer diet made it extremely difficult. It's amazing how these few foods-broccoli, beets, sweet potatoes, avocados, & maybe a few others-make my life so much easier! I'm not compltely convinced that I'm a nonnie, but all points to it. I know there are demarcations in each GT & you must be only one of them, but I'm sure I am so close to all 3 O GTs. It would be nice to have SWAMI in person & get a Lewis blood test, but this is it for now.